Biology 1st Nine Weeks Test Review

 A testable idea or explanation that leads to scientific investigation based on prior knowledge is known as: 

• theory
• experiment 
• observation
• hypothesis

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-2

What is the balancing of an organism’s internal environment to keep conditions suitable ?

• stimulus
• multicellular
• cell
• Homeostasis

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic that all living things share?

• Obtain and use resources for energy

• Respond to stimuli

• Move from one place to another

• Reproduce

The candy was sour.

• Qualitative data
• Quantitative data

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

The bug was 5 cm long.

• Qualitative data
• Quantitative data

When experimenting with the growth of a plant, a scientist uses three (of the same type of) plants, two different fertilizers, equal light, and equal water. What type of variable is the fertilizer?

• Dependent
• Independent
• Control
• Compound

Ms. S set up an experiment to see how the mass of a ball affects the distance it rolls off a ramp. What is the dependent variable?

• Distance traveled by the ball
• Height of the ramp
• Mass of the ball
• Where the experiment took place.

Tags

CCSS.6.EE.C.9

 In a controlled experiment, the variable that is changed to test the hypothesis is called the –

• Controlled Variable
• Responsive Variable
• Dependent Variable
• Independent Variable

The measurable factor in an experiment is known as the: 

• Control
• Independent Variable
• Constant
• Dependent Variable

molecule in which opposite ends have opposite electric charges

• cohesion
• polar molecule
• hydrogen bond
• solution

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1